What is tubeXYZ

tubeXYZ is a project written as a part of the Technion Computational Physics Course, it enabled you to construct a nanotube from a chiral vector (n,m) and write the (x,y,z) atom locations to a data file that can later be read by AViz (Atomistic Simulation Vizualization).
Currently the program can output:

• Carbon nanotubes
• Silicon nanotubes
• Boron nanotubes

The program uses a better algorithm then the traditional roll-up model (Dresselhaus et al) called the polyhedral model (Cox and Hill). This model takes into account the curvature the nanotubes develop upon that rolling the sheet of graphene. This gives a closer to reality description of the tubes.

Installation

The program was written in Fortran 95 and can be compiled with gfortran ( >= 4.5.2 ) on any Linux system. We also provide Windows binaries (.exe)

Windows:

To run tubeXYZ on windows all you have to do is download the binaries and run the tubeXYZ.exe file
Download windows binaries (.zip) file

Linux:

Make sure you have gfortran ( >= 4.5.2 )and GNU fortran compiler installed on your system, than

Download tubeXYZ source (.tar.gz)

and extract  the files to a folder of your choice. For this example the files are located in /home/myusername/tubeXYZ
open the terminal, then navigate to the tubeXYZ folder in the user directory
now we compile using gfortran and the provided makefile
after make finish you can run the program using:

Additional information

• Short theoretical explanation
• User guide
• Exmples of datafiles and visualization output
• References
• Acknowledgments

Software written by David Mazvovsky, please feel free to contact me with questions and suggestions